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Former Widener football coach Bill Manlove has been selected for induction to the College Football Hall of Fame. Manlove will be the third person from Widener to receive the honor. Two-time all-American running back and kick returner Billy "White Shoes" Johnson was inducted as part of the Hall's first class in 1996, and three-time all-American defensive back and kick returner Tom Deery was enshrined two years later in the third class. The ceremony will take place during the Enshrinement Festival, July 15-16 in South Bend, Ind. Manlove is one of six who will be honored in the Hall Divisional Class, which includes players and coaches from Divisions I-AA, II, III, and the NAIA.

FUNNY THING about fame, you get a little, and, all of a sudden, you can be a spokesman for anything. Personally, I feel that all politicians are lying, cheating bottom-feeders whose sole purpose in life is to step over the common man as they ascend the ladder of success. That said, I was glad to see Cindy McCain use her 15 minutes of fame wisely. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to ban same-sex marriage. Although her significant other believes otherwise (says marriage is defined as between man and woman only)

BETHLEHEM - As the Eagles wrapped up training camp at Lehigh, they announced the passing of one of their all-time greats, Hall of Fame receiver Pete Pihos. Pihos, 87, died yesterday morning from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Winston-Salem, N.C. He led the NFL in receptions in 1953, '54 and '55 and went to the Pro Bowl six times in his 9-year career, all of it with the Eagles. "Our hearts and prayers go out to the Pihos family for the loss of Pete, who was one of the all-time great Philadelphia Eagles," coach Andy Reid said.

The Philadelphia Big Five will induct five new members - Marvin O'Connor and Angela Zampella of St. Joseph's, Trish Juhline of Villanova, Jen Ricco of Temple, and the late Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News - into its Hall of Fame at a luncheon Friday in the Palestra. O'Connor made the all-Big Five team three times and won the 2001 Geasey Award as player of the year. He scored 1,678 points in three years with the Hawks, whom he joined after one year at Villanova. Zampella, a three-time all-Big Five pick, led the Hawks to three City Series titles and two NCAA appearances.

The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame will hold its annual reception and ceremony to induct its ninth class next Thursday at the Society Hill Sheraton. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 5. The inductees are Eric Lindros, the former Flyers center; former 76ers Doug Collins (now the coach) and Wali Jones; Debbie Black, a St. Joseph's basketball star in the 1980s; ex-Eagles Maxie Baughan and Tommy Thompson; Eddie Plank, a lefthander who won 326 games in a career that included 14 seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics; former Phillies all-star Johnny Callison; and Dan Baker, the longtime Phillies and Eagles public-address announcer.

Bruce B. Daniels, 83, of South Harrison, a member of the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame and owner of the former South Jersey School of Horseshoeing in Mullica Hill, died of an aneurysm at a daughter's home in Fort Myers, Fla. on Dec. 30. In 2008, South Harrison Township, where he had lived since 1952, named him its Person of the Year. "He got a plaque at our Community Day," Municipal Clerk Nancy Kearns said. "He was a wonderful person," she said, "and did a lot of good for the community.

NEW ORLEANS - Philadelphia basketball star Dawn Staley is expected to receive the highest honor in her storied career as a Class of 2013 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The official announcement will be made Monday morning at the NCAA men's Final Four in Atlanta. But several sources with knowledge of some of the inductees confirmed that she will be in the group. The 12 finalists, who include former 76ers player and coach Maurice Cheeks, were announced at the NBA All-Star Game in February.

ONE MORE Greenberg is entering the Big 5 Hall of Fame, as Kelly Greenberg, a former La Salle player and former Penn coach, has been named as one of this year's five inductees. She joins Temple's Marc Jackson, Penn's Matt Maloney, Saint Joseph's Melissa Coursey and Villanova's Jenn Beisel in the Class of 2012. Greenberg's brother, Chip, is a former Explorer who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. "This is something I wasn't really expecting, it's really hard to express into words," said Kelly, who has been the women's basketball coach at Boston University since 2004.

Phoenixville's Joe Thomson, owner of Standardbred breeding operation Winbak Farm, has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) announced Tuesday. Thomson and his wife JoAnn started Winbak Farm in 1991. The operation has ranked No. 2 among all breeders in purses earned each of the last 12 years, totaling more than $205 million since the start of 2002, and produced three Horse of the Year Award winners. In addition, Bob Marks, the longtime marketing guru of Perretti Farms and a noted writer and handicapper, and Kathy Parker, the editor and general manager of the Horseman and Fair World publishing company, were elected to the Communicators Hall of Fame.